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Tuesday, 2 December 2014

Swans 2 - QPR 0 Match Stats

It took a while but we got there in the end...Ultimately all you can do is look to put the performances in on a consistent basis and some days it'll come good like tonight and others like against Palace it doesn't quite come off.

Shots wise there was only 1 team in this game, although Fer did have a couple of chances (including one from a Barton free kick which he didn't seem fully committed to).

QPR with a couple of efforts at very start and end of first half but nothing in between. Swans with a steady stream of efforts, although things did seem to be drying up shortly before Dyer's introduction

There's been the odd criticism of his defensive position a few times this season but I think Neil Taylor is starting to get back into his rhythm, especially going forward. It was interesting to see how high up Taylor and Richards were with Ki almost playing as a 3rd centre back coming very deep to collect the ball.

Average Player Positions - via WhoScored. An average over 90 minutes never tells the whole story but was interesting to see how high the full backs were

Swansea have now reached the 20 point mark after just 14 games, matching the performance of Laudrup's first season in 2012/13. As a comparison it took 19 games in 2011/12 and 16 in 2013/14. Sunday's game v West Ham is an intriguing one both in terms of matching 2 high flying teams but also is a return to the ground of Laudrup's last stand where the inability to deal with Andy Carroll and the lacklustre display was the final straw.